Holyoke’s property tax blunder sends officials racing to recalculate

Holyoke’s property tax blunder sends officials racing to recalculate

HOLYOKE — When Holyoke homeowners opened their tax bills this quarter, they found a surprise surcharge — a CPA rate that ballooned beyond the ballot promise, courtesy of a vendor slip-up.Grant Schlosstein of the Board of Assessors told Mayor Joshua Garcia and the City Council in a letter that a mistake on the fiscal 2026 property tax bills — caused by a mix-up with the vendor that prints them — has been fixed, Garcia said in a statement on Wedne…